MOSCOW, Sep 8, Andrey Simonenko.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is concerned about the state of affairs in the International Boxing Federation (IBA), said IOC Sports Director Keith McConnell. approved the decision that the IBA will not oversee the qualifications and the boxing competitions in Paris.A congress will be held in Yerevan in two weeks, where elections will be held, we are following them.We also received a report on the implementation of recommendations regarding reforms in the IBA.Partly these recommendations have been implemented «, — McConnell said at a press conference following the first day of the IOC Executive Board meeting. «However, the recommendation to create an independent integrity monitoring body was not fully implemented, a full background check of the candidates was not carried out. There was also a recommendation not to organize the office of the president outside administrative office in Lausanne.However, we saw that the main A clear centralized work in the administrative key is going on in Moscow. We are also concerned that the contract of the monitoring group has ended and it cannot continue to monitor the implementation of the recommendations. All this helped to paint a clear picture, and we continue to be seriously concerned about the state of affairs in the federation, «added the sports director of the IOC. remained the only candidate after his rival Boris van der First was removed from the election.The Dutchman challenged this decision in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and won the case. Kremlev took over as Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation in February 2017, and joined the IBA Executive Committee in November 2018. In December 2020, he was elected IBA President for the first time.
